Vacancy title:
Tooling & Automation Lead - Africa

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, Category: Computer & IT,Management,Business Operations]

Jobs at:
KPMG

Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, May 12 2026

Duty Station:
Nairobi | Nairobi

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, April 29 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

KPMG is a professional service company, being one of the Big Four auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Seated in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, KPMG employs 174,000 people and has three lines of services: audit, tax, and advisory.

Position Summary

The Tooling & Automation Lead is a Senior Manager-level role responsible for identifying, implementing, and managing the technology tools and automation capabilities that underpin KPMG T&I's delivery operations. This role removes manual effort from the delivery workflow - automating governance, reporting, communication, and testing processes - and ensures that KPMG T&I's internal delivery infrastructure keeps pace with the growing scale and complexity of the portfolio. As AI-powered tooling increasingly transforms professional services delivery, this role ensures KPMG T&I remains at the leading edge of technology-enabled service delivery.

Academic/ Professional qualifications and Experience:

• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Technology, or a related field.
• Certification in at least one automation or DevOps platform (Power Automate, Azure Logic Apps, Robotic Process Automation, or equivalent).
• Minimum 8 years of experience in technology delivery or operations, with at least 3 years in a tooling, automation, or DevOps engineering role.
• Hands-on experience building automation workflows using low-code/no-code platforms (Power Automate, Zapier, Make) or scripting (Python, PowerShell).
• Experience with project management tooling (Jira, ADO, Smartsheet) and portfolio reporting automation.
• Exposure to AI-powered productivity tools and their application in professional services delivery

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 96

Level of Education: bachelor degree

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